Planning: Magazine Title Focus Group Feedback

I have asked my focus group to give their opinions on the following selection of fonts for my film magazine title:
They all agreed that the last font is the most suitable for the genre of magazine, therefore it would look more realistic. However, I will also look at alternative options before making my final decision. I may also ask for peoples opinions who are not a part of my focus group, but instead the demographic of my film. This is in order to see if the magazine itself would appeal to the audience of my documentary film.

Production: Film Poster Audience Feedback

After receiving audience feedback from my classmates, I have made the appropriate changes to my film poster. The image below shows a screenshot of the responses I received.

After reflecting upon my feedback, I have made the necessary changes. For example, as you can see through the image below, I have removed the alcohol bottle which was a distraction behind the title. I did this by using the eraser tool on PhotoShop. This can be seen through the screenshots below.

I also decided to not recut the characters out of the main image as every response given indicates that this is not needed.
I have also decided that a slogan is not needed on the poster as I already have included a lot of text which conform to conventions of competitor products.
The image below shows a screenshot of my final ancillary product. However, I will ask my focus group for any improvements or suggestions to make it the best that it can be.

Research: Audience Feedback

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1u9nhX3o9vRH3n5mzWubrO0VBxu1IKz7f0D1GU_gfD9w/viewform 

The link above will take you to my questionnaire regarding my film poster.

I have made some alterations to the product in todays lesson and I feel that it is almost complete. Below is also a link to my trailer so far. However, it is not complete and the font, voice overs and the character within the interview are being changed. The quality is also much clearer on iMovie.

The link below will also take you to a form of questions with regards to my trailer so far.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yr9wvgOTnsGyOfxsmRMkLUhQ-ixTEi2vL1FCKGmAgTc/viewform

In todays lesson I have decided to add credits at the bottom of my film poster in order to add a sense of realism and provide the audience with extra information.

Research: Never Say Never Film Poster Analysis

As well as analysing Glastonbury The Movie In Flashback, I also decided to analysis the poster for Never Say Never. I chose to do this as similar to mine it is a documentary film and it also is categorized in the genre of music. I feel that after analysing the poster, I am more aware of what kind of language to use on my own poster as a way of persuading the audience to watch the film.

Research: Glastonbury The Movie In Flashback Film Poster Analysis

Research: Glastonbury The Movie

As I have found looking at the film poster for 'Glastonbury The Movie' so helpful, I have decided to begin annotating it for further inspiration. The image below shows the poster.

The following link provides access to the films website:

http://www.glastonburythemovie.com

On the website, the trailer for the film is shown on the homepage. I will look at this in order to see what kinds of shots were used in order to adapt and improve my own, making it more realistic.

Press packs, blogs and social networking links are also provided which I will look at next lesson for more inspiration.

Progress: Film Poster Production

In todays lesson I have continued to create and edit my film poster.
I decided to use a font which resembled a stamp in order to make the poster more striking and eye catching. I placed it partly over the title as stamps tend to be placed on top of things, however I did not cover the whole title as it would be harder for viewers to read.
After taking out some research, I found a poster for 'Glastonbury The Movie', which has given me some inspiration. I took a screenshot of some of the text within the poster and placed it at the bottom of my own work in order to decide how I am going to lay out the rest of the text within my poster.
After looking at competitor products, I also noticed that posters tend to include either a rating out of five or a quote. Due to this I decided to add both to my product.

Production: Film Poster

After consulting my focus group, I have decided to use the image that I was planning to use on my magazine front cover on my the film poster instead. This is because they feel that it would be harder to add text around the image on a magazine cover.
I edited the picture to make it more striking and bright. The following images show the picture before and after:

I then decided to remove the background at the top of the image in order for the audience to not be distracted by background objects. I firstly decided to put the background image as white, as shown below, however then decided to change it to black in order for the colours to contrast.

I then came to a final decision for the name of my documentary as a whole, which is "V Festival: The Untold Story". After making a decision, I found an appropriate font and then experimented with which size I shall have it/ where I will position it.

Planning: Ancillary Products

I am considering using the following picture for the front cover of my film magazine. However, I feel that it may be hard to see the text. Therefore I will ask for feedback from my class mates/ focus groups. 

Log: The Evaluation & Blog

In todays lesson I looked at the following link in order to gain an understanding of what I need to improve/ add to my work. I did this by looking at previous comments and feedback from examiners. I now feel that I need to refer back to my focus group more often and create animatics as a form of planning.
http://shsgadvancedportfolio14.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/considering-evaluation-and-exam.html